Majorana zero modes in superconductor–semiconductor heterostructures

RM Lutchyn, EPAM Bakkers, LP Kouwenhoven… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Realizing topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes in the laboratory is a
major goal in condensed-matter physics. In this Review, we survey the current status of this …

From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor–semiconductor nanowires

E Prada, P San-Jose, MWA de Moor, A Geresdi… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Inhomogeneous superconductors can host electronic excitations, known as Andreev bound
states (ABSs), below the superconducting energy gap. With the advent of topological …

Realization of a minimal Kitaev chain in coupled quantum dots

T Dvir, G Wang, N van Loo, CX Liu, GP Mazur, A Bordin… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Majorana bound states constitute one of the simplest examples of emergent non-Abelian
excitations in condensed matter physics. A toy model proposed by Kitaev shows that such …

Observation of Majorana fermions in ferromagnetic atomic chains on a superconductor

S Nadj-Perge, IK Drozdov, J Li, H Chen, S Jeon, J Seo… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Majorana fermions are predicted to localize at the edge of a topological superconductor, a
state of matter that can form when a ferromagnetic system is placed in proximity to a …

InAs-Al hybrid devices passing the topological gap protocol

M Aghaee, A Akkala, Z Alam, R Ali, A Alcaraz Ramirez… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We present measurements and simulations of semiconductor-superconductor
heterostructure devices that are consistent with the observation of topological …

Engineered platforms for topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes

K Flensberg, F von Oppen, A Stern - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Among the major avenues that are being pursued for realizing quantum bits, the Majorana-
based approach has been the most recent to be launched. It attempts to realize qubits that …

Retracted article: Quantized majorana conductance

H Zhang, CX Liu, S Gazibegovic, D Xu, JA Logan… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Majorana zero-modes—a type of localized quasiparticle—hold great promise for topological
quantum computing. Tunnelling spectroscopy in electrical transport is the primary tool for …

Andreev bound states versus Majorana bound states in quantum dot-nanowire-superconductor hybrid structures: Trivial versus topological zero-bias conductance …

CX Liu, JD Sau, TD Stanescu, S Das Sarma - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Motivated by an important recent experiment [Deng, Science 354, 1557 (2016) SCIEAS
0036-8075 10.1126/science. aaf3961], we theoretically consider the interplay between …

Topological superconductivity in hybrid devices

SM Frolov, MJ Manfra, JD Sau - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Topological superconductivity can emerge from the combination of conventional
superconductivity in a metal and strong spin–orbit coupling in a semiconductor when they …

Non-Majorana states yield nearly quantized conductance in proximatized nanowires

P Yu, J Chen, M Gomanko, G Badawy, E Bakkers… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Semiconductor nanowires with proximity-induced superconductivity are leading contenders
for manifesting Majorana fermions in condensed matter,,,–. However, unambiguous …